[QUOTE=Kage;13390772]Bleak is just a great song overall. Great atmosphere, amazing solo in the acoustic break, fantastic clean and growled vocals, impressive structure, and still a headbangable live favorite.[/QUOTE]

I love that song. Especially the clean part.

I overlistened Bleak.

Can't beat White Cluster of The Lepper Affinity for me.

[QUOTE=Eleventeen;13390854]I overlistened Bleak.[/QUOTE]

I hate when I do that. I'll find a really great song, but then get tired of it 'cause I listened to it too much.

[QUOTE=bucket;13389983]DADFAD (open dm) tuning is insanely great.

But last I heard was that GR is in DADFAE.

I don't know for sure though.[/QUOTE]

Shi', I thought it was straight up drop D.

/screwed

[QUOTE=Eleventeen;13390854]I overlistened Bleak.[/QUOTE]

Same. Still listen to it though. But when I'm listening to Blackwater Park I have been skipping it recently.

For me when it comes to clean singing and acoustic/clean guitar nothing beats Benighted.

Bleak builds up greatly. Despite the repetitive intro lyrics, it's overall a great song that flows amazingly.

Bleak is one of my favorite Opeth songs, the layered guitars create an hypnotizing effect and SW's vocals are great on that song, they work so good with Mikeal's ones. :)

Some poeple don't like them because they're waaaaaay too high.

I can't sing them without stretching my voice to stupidly high levels.

I have quite a range, so I can sing along with them, though I have to warm my voice to be able to pull if off decently.

Can you guys do the intro to The Pot? That's what a real man does. :cool:

Bleak is probably my second favorite track off BWP, next to the title track.

I must say I'm not really familair with Tool's last effort, I don;t like it as much as previous stuff. :(

my favorite off BWP:
1. Title Track.
2. Bleak/ Leper Affinity/Dirge For November.
Too many awesome tracks on that album. :)

My favourites

1. The Drapery Falls(I'm with the fanboys on the awesomeness of this song)
2. Bleak
3. BWP or Leper Affinity

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan;13392477]Some poeple don't like them because they're waaaaaay too high.[/QUOTE]
Why should that be a bad thing?

[QUOTE=Kage;13392667]Why should that be a bad thing?[/QUOTE]

/Is listening to a song that last for 71:26.
:cool:
I agree with you Kage.

Jesus, Pete. I read your "np" in the comm thread, went off line to take a shower and eat, came back, and it was the same song. :lol:

What's it like?

:lol:
Yeah, it's that long. Haha.
It's a song by a Japanese Sludge/Drone band called Corrupted.
Their songs are quite long (atleast some of them are) and they sound so evil.
This music is poop-your-pants-worthy.
really hypnotizing, repetitive and dark.
Real mood music, I've been on a binge lately. :)

[QUOTE=the2stranger;13392443]Bleak is one of my favorite Opeth songs, the layered guitars create an hypnotizing effect and SW's vocals are great on that song, they work so good with Mikeal's ones. :)[/QUOTE]

SW?

Isn't that Mikael?

He and Mikael trade off/harmonize in one section.

[QUOTE=Luc214;13392803]SW?

Isn't that Mikael?[/QUOTE]

The clean parts on Bleak are partially Akerfeldt, partially Wilson.
The longer sentences are done by Wilson.
Their clean vox sound so much alike, but you'll hear a slight difference.
:)

IMO SW is better with Mikael than on his own; PT's albums get boring with SW singing all the time

If this was the Porcupine Tree thread, I'd kick you out. Given that it's the Opeth thread, I'll let those kinds of things slide though.

Well his voice is somewhat limited. And a bit weak.

The music's good tho'

[QUOTE=the2stranger;13392821]The clean parts on Bleak are partially Akerfeldt, partially Wilson.
The longer sentences are done by Wilson.
Their clean vox sound so much alike, but you'll hear a slight difference.
:)[/QUOTE]

Yeah he sounds almost exactly like Mikael.

Actually it doesn't. It's just because the vocals are undermixed there (to great effect mind you), that you hardly notice the change. I didn't until someone pointed it out to me, and now they sound completely different.

[QUOTE=Kronos;13392923]Well his voice is somewhat limited. And a bit weak.

The music's good tho'[/QUOTE]

I have to agree with you that SW's voice isn't that strong, however I never get bored of PT, just maybe out of the mood.

[QUOTE=Kage;13392667]Why should that be a bad thing?[/QUOTE]
It isn't. You know, just angry people and stuff.

Anyway... The Funeral Portrait.

[QUOTE=Moses;13393294]I have to agree with you that SW's voice isn't that strong, however I never get bored of PT, just maybe out of the mood.[/QUOTE]


Being a drummer, I'm not very good at musical theory and stuff, but a lot of PT stuff seems to me to be in the same key - the key that SW can sing in, whatever it is. This leads me to get tired of listening to them after a while. But the drumming is great. :smoke:

[QUOTE=Kronos;13393331]Being a drummer, I'm not very good at musical theory and stuff, but a lot of PT stuff seems to me to be in the same key - the key that SW can sing in, whatever it is. This leads me to get tired of listening to them after a while. But the drumming is great. :smoke:[/QUOTE]

Well every song usually goes through a number of keys. There are a few songs that just follow the same pattern though.